Identify the President and Administration.
Understand the functions of the Cabinet Post.
Understand the role of the Cabinet in foreign policy.
Understand the role of Congress in making foreign policy.
Explain the power of the Supreme Court and its influence on the making of foreign policy.
12.1.1
12.1.2
10
Chief Executive, Senate, Senate Pro Temp-rare, Secretary of State, Members of Cabinet, Legislative Branch, House of Representatives, gerrymander, electoral college, pardon, amnesty, treason, commutation, Judicial Branch, jurisdiction, appellate, district court, contempt, writs, mandemus, Habeus Corpus, Ex Post Facto, ammendment, double jeapordy, indictment, grand jury,
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LA 12.4.1.a
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
2
2
Define basic budget terms.
Discuss the pros and cons of increasing the national debt, or using up the budget surplus.
Compare and contrast the Bush budget with the Obama budget.
12.1.1
12.1.2
12.2.10
10
national debt, mandatory spending, discretionary spending, Federal Budget, peace dividend, private investment accounts, deficit, revenue, fiscal year, Social Security, Office of Management and Budget
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LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
3
3
Define terms for national defense.
Discuss the pros and cons of national missile defense system.
Debate if the US military should be turned into a lighter, quicker force.
12.1.1
12.1.2
8
National Missile Defense, NATO, preemption, Northern Command, Pentagon, foreign policy, totalitarianism, military assistance, isolationism, Monroe Doctrine, interdependent,
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LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
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4
Identify the basic branches of the U.N.
Identify and explain the function of the U.N. Secretary.
Explain what role the US plays in the U.N.
12.1.1
12.2.2
12.4.2
10
United Nations, General Assembly, Security Council, veto, resolutions, sanctions, Economic and Social Council, genocide
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LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
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5
Identify historic dates.
Discuss the reason for the USSR breakup.
Compare and contrast the new Russia with the old, and how the US works with Russia today.
12.1.1
12.2.2
12.3.2
12.4.2
12.4.4
8
euro, Marshall Plan, European Union, nationalism, Rapid Reaction Force, terrorism, Soviet Union, communism, economy, Cold War, detente, World Trade Organization
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LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
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6
Identify on a map which countries at this time are free and which are not.
Discuss if it is right that the US should continue to work with the U.N. in humanitarian missions.
Identify US missions today that are labeled humanitarian.
12.1.1
12.2.12
12.3.1
12.3.4
12.4.2
12.4.4
10
human rights, Kosovo, Somalia, Liberia, nationbuilding, Marshall Plan, Cold War, market economy, genocide, democracy, decolonization, Soviet Union, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, imperialism,
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LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
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7
Define basic terms.
Discuss the impact and history of the atom bomb development.
Debate if the US should stop selling weapons, should the US sign the test ban treaty.
12.1.1
12.2.12
12.3.1
12.3.4
12.4.2
12.4.4
8
Cold War, hydrogen bomb, atom bomb, uranium, disarmament, terrorism, nuclear club, weapons of mass destruction, mutual assured destruction, counterproliferation, national missile defense, "bunker busters"
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"The learner will . . ."
Understand the functions of the Cabinet Post.
Understand the role of the Cabinet in foreign policy.
Understand the role of Congress in making foreign policy.
Explain the power of the Supreme Court and its influence on the making of foreign policy.
12.1.2
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Discuss the pros and cons of increasing the national debt, or using up the budget surplus.
Compare and contrast the Bush budget with the Obama budget.
12.1.2
12.2.10
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Discuss the pros and cons of national missile defense system.
Debate if the US military should be turned into a lighter, quicker force.
12.1.2
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Identify and explain the function of the U.N. Secretary.
Explain what role the US plays in the U.N.
12.2.2
12.4.2
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Discuss the reason for the USSR breakup.
Compare and contrast the new Russia with the old, and how the US works with Russia today.
12.2.2
12.3.2
12.4.2
12.4.4
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Discuss if it is right that the US should continue to work with the U.N. in humanitarian missions.
Identify US missions today that are labeled humanitarian.
12.2.12
12.3.1
12.3.4
12.4.2
12.4.4
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c
Discuss the impact and history of the atom bomb development.
Debate if the US should stop selling weapons, should the US sign the test ban treaty.
12.2.12
12.3.1
12.3.4
12.4.2
12.4.4
LA 12.4.1.b
LA 12.4.1.c